#songs

Out of all the artistic things I do, music is the most rewarding because it's so hard to write songs. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#because #hard #i #i do #most

Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#getting #intimate #like #naked #songs

The words of the songs speak for themselves. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#speak #themselves #words

The spiritual quest was always the predominant aspect of my life. It's always been there. But there's also an incredible passion connected to it; it's not just a dry investigative process. I have been extremely emotional about it, and that comes out in the songs. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#also #always #aspect #been #comes

Yoga introduced me to a style of meditation. The only meditation I would have done before would be in the writing of songs. ↗

— Sting

#done #i #introduced #me #meditation

I see songs not as a commodity used up when the album goes off the charts, which is often the case with pop songs. I see them as a body of work. Life should be breathed into them. ↗

— Sting

#body #breathed #case #charts #commodity

That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs and aren't able to emote physically. It must go somewhere. ↗

— Sting

#emote #failure #go #i #know

My iPod that was programmed by Peter Buck. It has 7,000 songs hand-picked for me by him. ↗

— Michael Stipe

#him #ipod #me #peter #programmed

I didn't write those songs, but I can relate to every one of them... I have. ↗

— Joss Stone

#i #i can #relate #songs #them

I have to write the songs before I become too enamored with my own melodies. ↗

— Mike Stoller

#before #enamored #i #melodies #my own